To respect and love the people was a political idea of Kim Jong Il and served as a starting point of his thinking and practice, the editorial says, and goes on:

He made a tireless long journey for field guidance for people's happiness all his life in the spirit of devoted service that one should pluck even a star and bring a flower into bloom even on a rock if this is desired by people.

It was thanks to him that the Korean people are enjoying an independent and creative life and the DPRK is demonstrating the powerful national power, a centuries-old desire of the people.

His undying feats help the new century of Juche make vigorous advance.

His lifetime desire was to glorify the DPRK as a thriving socialist nation of Juche in which national power is strong, everything prospers and people are well off with nothing to be envied.

The Workers' Party of Korea is orientating everything to the drive to successfully carry into practice his idea and determination.

Only when all people make a leap forward, rallied close around the party single-mindedly, will his lifetime desire be realized and the DPRK shed its rays as a dignified and prosperous, thriving socialist nation.